Some items you can recycle in one city may be prohibited in another. Batteries, plastic bags, small appliances, and more may ...

A plastic drinks bottle is one of the most "recyclable" objects in the modern waste stream. It is lightweight and collected ...

Changes to household collections are part of wider moves to increase the recycling rates, which have stalled in recent years.

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Experts identify multiple interlinked reasons why recycling is failing: Inefficient recycling plants – Processes such as ...

Polypropylene and polyethylene are two durable and affordable plastics commonly used as packaging materials, snack wrappers, ...

Ever stood over a recycling bin wondering if that plastic packaging, block of Styrofoam or old can of paint in your hand can be recycled? Such confusion often leads to wishcycling — that is, putting t ...

This collaboration between four RASEI Fellows shows how electricity can be used to impart ‘superoxide powers’ to oxygen gas molecules from air, enabling the efficient recycling of PET plastics. In ...

This story is a partnership between Inside Climate News and CBS News. Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Advanced Recycling: Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?" About 48 million tons of plastic waste are ...

The University of Nevada, Reno campus has new drop-off bins for recycling various plastic wrappings and packaging, known as plastic films. The Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) team and their waste ...